Steering-wheel lock



W. B. TURNER.

STEERING WHEEL LOCK.

APPLICA'HON HL ED DEC.26,19!9. 1.,3 4L7,56%,-

Patented July 27, 1920.

/NVNTUH. WiLLI'AM B'TURNER. by 75w UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM BENSOTT TURNER, OF OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA.

= STEERING-WHEEL LOCK.

Specification of Letters l'atent.

Patented July 27, 1920.

Application filed December 26, 1919 Serial No. 347,410.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TILLIAM BnNsoN TURNER, a subject of the King of Great Britain, a resident of the city of Ottawa, Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Steering-Wheel Locks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in steering wheel locks designed for use onautomobiles and like vehicles, and the objects of the invention are to lock the steering wheel mechanism when the automobile is parked and not in use, so that unauthorized persons cannot appropriate, steal or use the automobile orvehicle, to permit of the lockbeing readily mounted on automobiles at present in use, to simplify the mechanism and render the several parts fool ,roof, and generally to adapt the lock to tter perform the functions required of it.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists essentially of theimproved construction particularly described and set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings forming part of the same. 7

In the drawings:

Figure l'is a frontelevation of the improved lock;

Fig. 2 shows a vertical section through the look, as seen when in position on the easin of the steering spindle.

Fig. 3 is a plan View of the improved lock.

Fig. 4 is a transverse section through the collar mounted on the steering spindle.

Like characters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings; A represents the improved steering wheel lock, B the steering spindle, and C the casing which houses the spindle, the lock A being provided with a collar 1!) which frictionally en ages and embraces the casing C.

he look A is formed with a flange 11 prot'ided with an. orifice 12 through the upper end, through which the pin 13 passes,

and a transversely extending bar-14 is The look A is provided with a pair of vertically disposed orifices 18 and 19 arranged in alinement and through these oriiices the verlically disposed locking pin 20 passes. This pin is provided at the lower end with a tapered locking point 21, designed to engage with the peripheral pockets or recess in the collar23, which is mount ed on the steering spindle B. y

The pin 20 is provided intermediate of its length with a plurality of recesses 24 and is normally held out of engagement with the collar 23 by a spiral spring 25, which encircles the pin and is located between the head thereof and the upper edge of the lock A,

It should be particularly noted that when the locking pin 20 is in position it acts as a cover member for the pins 13 and 16 which cannot be withdrawn, so that it is impossible to bodily remove the lock in an endeavor to appropriate, steal or use the automobile.

The pin 16 is positioned through. the front of the look A by providing an orifice 26 in alinement with an orifice 1'5, and the verticallyulsposed pin 20 is locked in the desired position by a transversely extending locking bolt 27 which forms part of an auxiliary lock of any suitable form, which will be attached to the lock A.

It is not necessary .to describe the auxiliary lock because it may be of any well known type, and provision is made in the front of the device A for akeyhole as shown at 28.

The lock casing may be inserted between the outer wall of the lock A and the inner face of the dashboard.

When the lock has been mounted in the The pins 13 and 16' are I fices l8 and 19- and will act as a cover meln 5 her of the outer ends of the pins 1.3 and 16 which cannot thus be iei'noyed. The locking pin 20 is normally held out of engagement with the collar 23 by the spring 25v lVhenever an automobile isparked, when not in use and it is desired to lock the same, the pin 20 is engaged with the collar 23 of the steering spindle B, and the locking bolt 27 of the auxiliary lock will be engaged with then the locking pin 20 would be held in elevated position and disengaged from the (Iona-i123. I

This lock is of a very simple nature and can be readily mounted on stand-(1rd types of automobiles at present in use.

As men I ehen es could be made in the above construction and many Widely different embodiments of my invention Within the scope of the claim, constructed Without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it

seeme i at ed mower eonia'iiied in :ihe specification and drawings 'eted as illustrative and nos 1':

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What I elem] as my invention is:

A locking oeviee for automobiles having a collar adapted to engage a casing of 21 steel-' ing sgindle, pins securing the locking device in position, e vertically disposed locking pin slidably mounted in the locking device and forming :1 cover member for the said pins, u spring encircling the upper end of the ioekmg pig designed to hold the-iooking pin in unioeked. position, the said pin having peripheral recesses and. e imnsverselv extend iiig locking bolt coasting with the recesses to hold the locking pin in the sition. In witness whereof my hand 1 have hereunto set WILLIAM BENSON T EJIILN ER.

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